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YARN cu'r'rsn AND CLAMP 110R KNITTING mcmrms AND METHOD or ormwrme SAME Original Filed July 19, 1927. 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR v ALBERT E. PAGE L BY ms ATTOR'NEYS seal d J n .198

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This invention relates to cutters and clamps for knitting machines and more particularly to a method of operating a high splicing cutter and clamp for circular knitting machines having a dial. Cutters and clamps heretofore used for sectional splicing yarns have been located inside the needle circle below the throatplate in order that the yarn may get into the clamp as quickly as possible. In machines having dials there is not room inside the needle circle for a cutter and clamp at that level, and it is one purpose of the present invention be used in machines having dials. Another object of the invention is to provide a method of inserting the yarn which is quick and positive.

According to this invention the cutter and clamp may be set above the level of the needles at the throatplate in such a manner as not to interfere with the dial. sertion of the yarns by its own movement by forming a loop in the yarn and then ofiering that loop to the needles. According to this method the yarn finger is lowered to its feeding point before it is timeto insert the yarn, andthe cutter is raised from its normal position to a higher one before the yarn is inserted. This is done in such manner as to form a slack in the yarn and when it is time to insert the yarn, the cutter and clamp are merely dropped down nearer the yarn finger, thus throwing the loop of yarn in the path of the needles. The yarn is removed from the needles and given to the cutter and clamp by raising the yarn finger to non-feeding position, the raising of the cutter and clamp occurring before or after the removal of the yarn, as desired.

'In the drawings the invention will be shown in the well known Scott 8; Williams type of seamless hosiery machine in which the needle cylinder revolves and the cam-cylinder is stationary, but it should be understood mechanism are both applicable to other types of machines. 1 In the drawings- 1 Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a seamless ribbed hosiery machine showing the new high splice cutter and clamp and the mechanism operating Fig. 2 is a plan view of the head of the ma chine shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the head of the machine showing the cutter and clamp; I

Brooklyn, N. Y., m: Incorporated, New York, corporation of Massachusetts Original fie. 1,860,265, dated Ml! 2 4, 1932, Serial No. 206,986, Jill! 19, 1927.

to produce a cutter and clamp for sectional splicing which is adapted to The clamp causes inthat the method and mm roa km'rrING moms AND mrrnon or oraaa'rmc to Scott N. Y a

' Application for re- Serial No. 635,871

Fig.4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the cutterand clamp;

Fig. 5 is a plan view from below, partially in section, showing the cutter and clamp before it has operated on the yarn;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 after the yarn has been cut and clamped;

Figs. 7 to 12 are views of successive operations looking at the throatplate from the front of the machine, Fig. '7 showing the splicing yarn finger feeding to the needles;-

Fig. 8 is a similar view showing the yarn finger lifted and holding the yarn in the jaws of the cutter and clamp;

Fig. 9 is a similar view after the yarn has been cut and clamped; r

' Fig. 10 is a similar view showing the yarn finger lowered to operative position but .the cutter and clamp raised;

Fig. 11 is a similar view showing the cutter and clamp ofiering a loop of yarn to the needles;

Fig. 12 is a similar view just as the clamp lets go of the yarn;

Fig. 13 is a side elevation corresponding to Fig. 8; a

Fig. 14 is a side elevation corresponding to Fig. 11;

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary view showing in plan the auxiliary cutting and clamping mechanism and some of the yarn guides and showing the relation of these parts to the cylinder and dial needles, the needles of the cylinder and dial being positioned as at the start of rib knitting in a course in which both rib and plain knitting occurs;

Fig. 16 is a view similar to Fig. 15 but showing the cylinder and dial needles positioned substantially at the start of plain knitting in a course; and

Fig. 1'? is a fragmentary view showing a'few needles at each side of the needle at which plain knitting starts and illustrating the position to which the end of the reinforcing yarn is swept by the brush of Fig. 15.

Referring to the drawings, there are the usual needle cylinder 26! with independent latch needles N vertically movable therein, yarn fingers F pivotally mounted on a stud 554 on the latch ring 550 which in turn is pivoted on the upright bracket llll on the 'bedplate-B of the machine. These yarn fingers are adapted to be lifted out of action and dropped into action by the usual, thrust rods 460 operating from cams on the surface of the main pattern. drum l2ll,.as usual. Suspended above the needle cylinder 2" 2 sectional ter bracket [61,

-foot stockings or I necessary to provide a special cutter and clamp.

by means 01 a bracket II fastened on the latch ring III is a dial spindle d carrying a dial D ,which carries secondary knitting instruments N and the ordinary cutter c' and clamp c (Fig. 2).

In order to cut and clamp successfully yarns which are thrown into and out of action frequently at borders oi predetermined segments of the fabric, such for instance as in the case ofsplit high splicing at the heel, it is Heretoi'ore, these cutters and clamps for sectional being set at a point below the level of the'needles' any circular as they pass the throatplate. In knitting machine having a dial, such for example as the machine shown in the U. S. patentof Robert Scott 1,641,554, there is not sufllcient room above the dial for the sectional splicing cutter and clamp such as has been heretofore known.

In the example shown in the drawings the new splicing cutter and clamp is carried stud III lying outside the yoke of the, latch ring III. The cutter and clamp proper consists of a slotted frame-I94 from whichthe cutting blade 1I| and the clamp blade 185 project inwardly and downwardly over the needles. Between and on either side of the cutting and clamping blades are guide members "I held fixedly in the frame by a cover plate I87 (Figs. 4, 5 and 6).

ting and clamping blades have hooked for- V by an operating lever lll pivoted at X on the cutand connected to the feet 184' and III of the blades. The operating lever is actuated by the following mechanism from a neripheral cam 295 onthe usual sinker ring revolv hold the finger 78 3 ing with the needles. There is a swinging arm "8 carrying a finger 1B3 engaging the cam 296 and a wire "9 connected to the operating lever I11 and passing through the free end of the against the cam 296, the spring being stretched between the cutter and clamp bracket 16'! and a collar 1M on the wire 119 near its mid-point. This spring serves to open the clamp and cutter when permitted by the cam 296.

When the machine is knitting portions of the stocking where sectional splicing is not being done, the sectional cutter and clamp can be raised out of action from the main pattern drum in by a rearwardly extending arm 168 on the bracket I61. This arm 168 is connected to athrust rod of this cam lever lies in one 01 the cam paths on'the main pattern drum I20. When the cam lever 710 rides up on a cam held by the main cutter and clamp c' and c.

It is necessary that the sectional cutter does 'not' operate except during sectional splicing. For this purpo ring III lying Just in front of the operating lever course, loopers rounds and toe are made in the made isthe foot which has a spliced sole.

there is a lug III on the latch I put the collar 182 in 'a position such that swinging of the arm llI caused by the cam 296 will be inefiective to move the wire "9 and the lever (11. In such position the cam 296 does not operate the cutter and clamp. This prevents yarns in-theinactive yarn fingers from being severed by this cutter while out of action.

ter bracket I61 and resting on .top of the latch ring 550 opposite the usual throatplate 559; To raise and dip the cutter and clamp the dial reyolving in time with the needle cylinder is availed of. On the bracket "I61 slack and then dropping the clamp, thus pushing the loop of yarn down into the path of the needles. I l

The sectional splicing yarn finger may be actuated through its thrust rod 460 by mechanism and described in the patent to Robert W. Scott dated July 30, 1918 Number 1,274,338. To insure that the ends of the sectional splicthrough to the right side of the finished fabric, a brush 188 is placed near the needles at the knitting point, this brush tending to sweep the ends of the yarns inside the needle circle. order that this brush may be taken out of action when the sectional splicing cutter and clamp of the cutter bracket 161 will cause the brush 188 to be pulled out of contact with the circle of needles.

Having now described the construction of the 65 novel parts of the invention, the operation of ,the Assuming that a-stocL ing is being knit from toe to top, the starting up" usual manner.

The next piece of fabric to be the peripheral cam 296 I clamp does not interfere in any way with the and clamp are down in their lower position over the needles. The arm. 15H also allows the spring 192 (Fig. 3) to swing the brush 188 into position for action. The same movement of the main pattern drum I20 causes the thrust rod controlling the splicing yarn finger to drop down and the splicing yarn to be fed to the needles beginning on the sectionalneedles having low butts in the well known manner (Fig. 7) After the segment of the needles knitting the sole of the stocking have taken the yarn, the splicing finger is lifted put at the last medium buttneedle and the splicing yarn is raised into and caught inside the hooked forward ends of the cutter blade I84 and clamping blade I85 (Figs. 8 and '13). At this point thefinger 183 of the swin g arm I18 come in'contact with the leading end of the peripheral earn 296 causing the lever 111 to withdraw the cutter blade I84 and the clamping blade 185 into the guide members 186 cutting and clamping the yarns (Fig. 9). The cooperation of the clamp and yarn finger in offering yarn to the needleswill now be set forth.

Whenthe revolution ofv the needle cylinder brings the first needle which is to receive the splicing yarn on the next course about 1 inches away from'the splicing finger, that splicing finger is dropped down into operative position by its thrust rod Mill and simultaneously the cam 113 on the dial spindle causes the cutter and clamp to be raised about of an inch (Fig. 10). This raising of the cutter and clamp could have been caused before the yarn finger was raised, if so desired. This movement draws an extra length of yarn between the yarn finger and the cutter and clamp. 'At'this moment the yarns 'are passing above the needles at the throatplate. The adjustable link I'll rides of! the cam 11! on the dial spindle it just in time for the cutter and clamp to drop down and throw a loop in front of the first needle which is to take the splicing yarn. (Figs. 11 and 14).. The finger III then rides off and the yarn is released to be knit in (Fig. 12). This loop-throwing yarn 1 cutter and clamp is so active that it is not necessary to separate the needles into difierent levels to insure the sectional splicing yarns always being fed to approximately the same needlw but themechanism required for the new cutter and provision of means to thus separate the yarns :into additional levels if desired (see Fig. 11).

FromFigure 14, which shows the yarn inserting positions of the yarn finger-and clamp it will 1 be seen that the length of yarn between theyarn engaging portion of the clamp and the eye of the yarn finger is greater than the spacing between said portion and eye, and that therefore a loop 'of yarn existsbetween them and extends into the path of the needles. The manipulation of the yarn finger and clamp previous to their arrival at their respective yarn inserting positions are for the purpose of drawing such a length of yarn between them.

The cycleof operations just described continues until the heel is reached at which .point the cam lever 11!] rides up onto its heel cam 582 which raises the cutter and clamp and the bracket 'Iil entirely above the latch ring bracket 55' making it possible to manipulate any gap closing. ring. This raising of the sectional cutter and clamp preferably takes place just before the high. splicing yarn finger islifted out in order that the regular cutter c and clamp c mounted on the 7 19,995 latch ring bracket 550 in which position the cutter reinforcing yarn is. cut and clamped as previously described. The ends of the reinforcing tween the cylinder into a loop in the path of .the needles.

dial cap may cut and hold the sectional splicing yarn until sectional splicing is resumed. The raising of the .cutterand clamp also swings the brush I88 away from theneedle circle and pushes the lever Tll until the finger 183 cannot operate the sectional cutter. It might be noticed also that this lifting of the cutter and clamp also causes the adjustable link I'll to be withdrawn from contact with the cam 11! on the dial spindle thus obviating any possibility of the link catching on the cam during reciprocating knitting in theheelortoeasthecasemaybe' The heel is then knit and the yarn cutter bracket 'Ii'l bro ught down into operative position again as atthe beginning of the foot for knitting 15 of the high splice above" the heel pocket. The operation of the parts during the f ormation of the high splice is essentially similar to .that when making the spliced sole on the foot and will be obvious to any one skilled in the art.

In the knitting of the reinforced portions of seamless ribbedhosiery on the machine shown in the drawings the reinforcing yarn is applied to plain knitted portions. The reinforcing yarn may be supplied to the leading needle of the plain knitted portion as shown in Fig. 16 and withdrawn after being supplied to the other end needle of the plain knitted portion as shown in Fig. 15, although the reinforcing yarn is not necessarily supplied throughout the full extent of the plainiknitted portions. After being withdrawn from the needles, the reinforcing yarn is floated between the last needle knitting the reinforcing yarn and the yarn finger until the yarn in each course are swept by thebrush beand dial needles inside the needle circle.

The advantages of this novel method of and 40 mechanismfor inserting yarn will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and I do not wish to be limited in the uses to whichit may be put.

What I claim is: Y

p 1. A method of inserting yam= for knitting which comprises first lowering toward its feeding point a yarn finger containing the'yarn and then oifering that yarn to the needles by movement of a clamp holding the yarn.

2. A method of inserting yarn for knitting which comprises first lowering toward its feeding point a yarn finger containing the yarnand then offering that yarn to the needles by dipping a clamp holding the. yarn.

' 3. A method of inserting yarn for knitting which comprises first lowering to its feeding point a yarn finger containing the yarn, then forming a loop in the yarn and offering that loop to the needles by movement of a clamp holding the yarn.

4.. A method of inserting; yarn for knitting which comprises first moving a yarn finger toward its feeding position and then bringing a 1 clamp nearerthe yarnifinger in such manner as to throw the yarn between the clamp and finger 5. A method of splicing yarns in knitting in which the yarn finger raises the yarn into a cutter and clamp located above the throatplate, and inthe same course the yarn is fed to the needles by first lowering the yarn finger and then d ppi t e an- I 6. A method of splicing in knitting in which the yarn is taken out .of action and put into a cutter and clamp at one point in a course by yarn finger and in the same course serting positions, and path of the needles lowering the yarn finger to feeding position and then throwing a loop of yarn into the path of the needles by dipping the clamp.

7. A method of inserting a yarn for knitting which comprises drawing between, a yarn finger and a yarn clamp a yarn portion longer than the spacing between the yarn engaging. portion of the clamp and the eye of the yarn finger when said elements are in their respective yarn inputting said portion in the in the form of a loop by movement of said elements toward their yarn inserting positions.

a. A method of inserting a yarn for knitting which comprises manipulation of a yarn finger and a yarn clamp to draw between them a length of yarn and to put said length of yarn in the path of the needles in the form of a loop when said yarn finger is in its yarn feeding position.

9. A method of inserting a yarn for knitting which comprises drawing a length of yarn between a yarn clamp and a yarn finger by relative movement therebetween and putting said yarn in the path of the needles by movement of the yarn clamp toward said needlepath while said yarn finger is in its yarn feeding position.

10. In a knitting machine, a series of needles, 9. yarn finger movable to and from its yarn feeding position, a yarn clamp adapted to receive and said needles. in combination with clamp the yarn when moved from said needles by said yarn finger, means for operating said clamp and said adapted to move said clamp and finger to draw a length of yarn between them and to move said finger to its yarn feeding position and then to move said clamp while said finger is in yarn feeding position to put said length of yarn in the pathof said needles.

11. A circular knitting machine having a circle I of needles and a splicing yarn finger adapted to feed yarn to a group of said needles, in combination with a cutter and clamp for said yarn and means adapted during each of a plurality of courses to actuate said cutter and clamp and to dip the clamp to cause a bight of the yarn to be offered to the needles during each of said courses.

12. A circular knitting machine having a rib dial, a circle of cylinder needles and a splicing yarn finger adapted to feed yarn to a group of a cutter and ciamp for said yarn mounted above the dial and means adapted during each of a plurality of courses to actuate said cutter and clamp and to dip the clamp to a level above the dial to cause a bight of the yarn to be offered to the needles.

13. A circular knitting machine having a dial, a circle of cylinder needles and a splicing yarn finger adapted to feed yarn to a group of said cylinder needles, in combination with a cutter and clamp for said yarn and means adapted durmovement of the clamp.

' 14. A circular knitting machine having a rib dial, a circle of cylinder needles and a splicing yarn finger adapted to feed yarn to a group of said cylinder needles, in combination with a cutter I and clamp for said yarn and means adapted during each of a plurality of courses to actuate said cutter and clamp and to throw the yarn between the clamp and finger into a loop in the path of yarn to a group yarn finger, said means beingat least one thread to two a set of plain needles, tional thread .to a

.the last reinforced the reinforcing thread to the needles in advance of the clamp by dipping said clamp.

15. A circular knitting machine having a rib dial, a circle of cylinder needles and a splicing yarn finger adapted to feed yarn to a group of said needles, in combination' with a cutter and clamp for said yarn and means adapted during each of a plurality of courses to actuate said out-- ter and clamp for'said yarn and to raise and lower the clamp to cooperate with said yarn finger in offering yarn to the needles at a level below the clamp, and means for moving said cutter and clamp out of active position and for rendering them inoperative when so moving.

16. A circular knitting machine having a circle of needles, a splicing yarn finger adapted to feed of said needles and a cutter and clamp to receive the yarn when moved from the needles by said finger, in combinatiorrwith means for efiecting relative movement between said clamp and yarn flnger'during each of a plurality of courses to draw a length of yarn between them and for moving the clamp to oil'er that length of yarn to the needles by dipping the clamp. a

17. A method of knitting consisting in feeding at least one thread to two sets of needles and simultaneously therewith feeding at least one additional thread to a portion only of one of the said sets of needles, withdrawing the last named thead or threads from feeding relation with the needles and severing the additional thread while knitting.

18. A method of knitting consisting in feeding sets of needles to knit rib fabric, feeding at least one additional thread for partial courses to a portion only of the plain needles, withdrawing the last named thread or threads from feeding relation 'with the needles during the knitting of each of several courses and severing the additional thread while knitting;

19. A method of knitting consisting in feeding at least one thread to aset of.rib needles and to feeding at least one addiportion only of the plain thread or threads last men-. tioned and severing the floats while knitting.

20. The steps of knitting adjacent courses of partlyrib and partly plain, circular fabric and needles, floating the including the knitting in of at least one reinforcing thread throughout the plain portion of the fabric only, floating the thread and then during the knitting of courses severing the floats near wale.

21. A method of knitting consisting in feeding at least one thread to two sets of needles and simultaneously therewith feeding at least one additional thread to some of the needles of one set of needles, severlng the said additional thread at least once during the knitting of each course in which the additional thread is fed to some of the needles. V

22. A knitting machine including a needle dial and a needle cylinder, means for feeding a body threadto cylinder and dial needles and a reinforcing thread to cylinder needles so as to reinforce adjacent plain wales, the means for feeding the cylinder needles being adapted to feed such thread to such cylinder needles for partial courses only, and said reinforcing'thread being caused to float from the feeding means to the last needles knitting the said reinforcing thread during the knitting of each partially reinforced course, in combination with means for severing the said floats during the knitting of each course. i

v 23. A knitting machine including a needle dial and a needlecylinder, means for feeding a'body thread to cylinder and dial needles and a reinforcing thread to cylinder needles so as to reinforce'adjacent plain wales, the means for feeding the reinforcing thread to the cylinder needles being adapted to feed such thread to such cylinder needles for partial courses only, and said reinforcing thread being caused to float from the feeding means to the last needle knitting the said reinforcing thread during the knitting of each partially reinforced course, in combination with means for severing the'said floats during the knitting of each course, the means for feeding the reinforcing thread to the needles being automatically controlled to moveyto and from thread feeding positionat least once during the knite ting of each reinforced course.

24. A dial cap having cams on one face thereof for controlling -dial needles, in combination with main and auxiliary means for severing thread.

25.A circular knitting machine including a needle dial and a needle cylinder, in combination with means for feeding a reinforcing thread to some of the cylinder needles during the knitting of some at least of the circular courses of the stocking or other fabric, and means acting in conjunction with the means first mentioned automatically to discontinue the feeding of such thread during the knitting of courses other than those first mentioned, other means adapted to be controlled automatically so as to sever the reinforcing thread adjacent to one, at least. of the wales defining the reinforcing area during the knitting'of each reinforced course, and adapted to control the action of the severing means whereby the latter is rendered inactive during the knitting of courses other than the reinforced courses.

26. A circular knitting machine of the independent needle type including a needle dial and needle cylinder each of which has needles independently niounted therein, means for feeding at least one thread to the needles and an additional thread to some of the needles in such a manner as temporarily to cause said additional thread to float from the feeding means to the last needle knitting the said additional thread during the knitting of each partially reinforced course, in combination with means for severing the floats adjacent to the last knitted, reinforced wales of eachcourse.

27. A knitting machine including two needle beds adapted to knit either rib or plain fabric, means for feeding the body thread to cooperating needles in each needle bed and a reinforcing thread to needles in one of the beds so as to reinforce adjacent plain wales, the means for feeding the reinforcing thread to the needles in one of the needle beds being adapted to feed such thread to such needles for partial courses only, the said reinforcing thread being caused to float from the feeding means to the last needle ting of each partially reinforced course, in combination with means for severing the said floats during the knitting of each course.

knitting the said reinforcing thread during the knit- 2s. A circular knitting machine of the inde-.

each of which two needle beds and an additional thread to some of the needles in one of the needle beds in such a manner astemporarily to cause said additional thread to float from the feeding means tothe last needle knitting the said additional thread during the tially reinforced course, in combination with means for severing the floats adjacent to the last knitted, reinforced wales of each course. i

29. A knitting machine having two needle beds the needles of which are adapted to cooperate to knit rib fabric while at the same time the needles of one needle bed are adapted to knit plain fabric, means for reinforcing the plain fabric, said means including an element for feeding reinforcing thread or yarn to the needles last mentioned, in combination with means for severing such thread or yarn at least onceduring the knitting of each reinforced course.

30. A knitting machine including a needle cylinder and needle dial each having needles independently mounted therein, the needles being adapted simultaneously to knit adjacent rib wales and other adjacent plain wales, means for reinforcing the plain wales, said means including a guide for feeding the reinforcing thread or yarn to a series of adjacent cylinderneedles, in combination with means for severing such thread or yarn at least once during the knitting of each reinforced course.

31. In a knitting machine having cylinder and dial needles for knitting a stocking having ribbed and plain portions, means for supplying a reinforcing yarn to said cylinder needles for a portion of each of a plurality of consecutive courses to provide a reinforced area in said plain portion and means severing said reinforcing yarn in each course in which said reinforcing yarn is knit.

- 32. In a knitting machine having cylinder and dial needles for knitting a stocking having a ribbed instep and a plain sole, means for supplying a reinforcing yarn to said cylinder needles for a portion of each of a plurality of consecutive courses to provide a reinforced area in said sole and means severing said reinforcing yarn in each course in which said reinforcing yarn is knit. 33. In a knitting machine having cylinder and dial needles for knitting a stocking having a ribbed instep and a plain sole, a yarn guide for supplying a reinforcing yarn to said cylinder .consecutive courses to provide a reinforced area in said sole and cutting and clamping mechanism operating upon said reinforcing yarn upon removal of said yarn from the needles, said yarn guide and cutting and clamping mechanism cooperating to present a loop of the reinforcing yarn to the cylinder needles upon insertion of said yarn.

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knitting of each parpendent needle type including two needle beds has needles independently V mounted therein, means for feeding at leastone thread to cooperating; needles mounted in the needles for a portion of each of a plurality of CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Reissue No. 19,995. I June 2,1936.

the above numbered patent requiring correction as V fol lows: Page 3, first column. line 49, for "needles'" read needle; page 5, first column, line 56,

0rd of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 11th day of August, A. D, 1&56.

v v Henry Van Aredaie (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

